Speaker McCarthy Announces Impeachment Inquiry

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Speaker McCarthy Announces Impeachment Inquiry

Yesterday House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) announced an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden. The Washington Examiner reported that the Speaker cited serious and credible allegations of influence peddling by the Biden family as the basis for the inquiry.

The inquiry will be led by chairmen of the Oversight, Judiciary, and Ways and Means committees. The Speaker's decision follows pressure from some Republicans threatening to remove him from leadership if he didn't endorse the inquiry.

The announcement avoids an impeachment inquiry floor vote that would have required 218 lawmakers' support. McCarthy's stance on impeachment divided GOP lawmakers. From Fox News:

The House Freedom Caucus and other conservatives have urged McCarthy to force deeper spending cuts and to attach GOP priorities to any short or long-term deal, though that’s unlikely to get Senate or White House approval. They view the last debt-limit deal as a betrayal because it did not significantly curtail government spending. 

"Hiding behind impeachment to screw America with status quo massive funding … will not end well," Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, warned GOP leaders earlier this month.

With such a narrow House majority, Republicans can only afford to lose five votes from their conference in an impeachment inquiry vote. Were the House to reject impeachment, it would be a major embarrassment for McCarthy and House Republicans, who would have nothing to show voters for their investigations in next year's general election.

At the same time, impeachment hardliners like Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., have threatened to attempt to remove McCarthy if the House does not follow through with an impeachment vote. 

The Examiner on the House drama regarding who gets the credit for the inquiry:

Gaetz was quick to take a victory lap shortly after the impeachment inquiry was announced, highlighting that he had pushed McCarthy “for weeks” on the matter.

That suggestion was met with pushback from Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), who has introduced several articles of impeachment against Biden since taking office — efforts she accused Gaetz of refusing to back.

“Correction my friend,” she said in a statement. “I introduced articles of impeachment against Joe Biden for his corrupt business dealings in Ukraine & China while he was Vice President on his very first day in office. You wouldn’t cosponsor those and I had to drag you kicking and screaming to get you to cosponsor my articles on the border. Who’s really been making the push?”

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